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Initially, library officials said the layoffs were necessary to better serve the county and preserve resources.

The Howard County board members have accused council members Deb Jung and Liz Walsh of political interference and coercion.

A number of holiday events, from tree lightings to Christmas markets, will take place even before Thanksgiving turkeys hit the tables.

The nature center has a close relationship with the Baltimore American Indian Center, which helps educate Irvine’s staff on various traditions the nature center can share with the greater public.

When an order came into Tilghman Island Seafood for almost $100,000 of Chesapeake catfish, everything seemed legit — at least at first. Then the fish disappeared in the Bronx.

Emergency crews rushed to Baltimore’s Inner Harbor on Tuesday evening after a car plunged off a pier and sank, leaving the driver who was pulled from the water in critical condition.

An employee at the recently opened Bubbakoo’s Burritos in Edgewater is charged with stabbing his manager at the restaurant on Saturday.

The local NAACP says it was never consulted about the Anne Arundel County formal apology for slavery, despite its name appearing on communication about it. What happened?

City Solicitor Ebony Thompson said the city would use every legal resource at its disposal.

The buyback program in Rockville collected more than 300 guns to be destroyed — the most ever in the initiative's history.

Arundel Mills celebrated its 25th anniversary this week and is looking to the future. Toy retailer Toys R Us is opening a flagship location in the mall later this week, and online furniture giant Wayfair plans to open an outlet store there in 2026.

Videos posted in a Southeast Baltimore social media group Sunday show a group of agents wearing black tactical gear marked “Police” dragging a man along a sidewalk in Highlandtown.

The new bridge is now expected to open by the end of 2030 and cost between $4.3 billion and $5.2 billion — more than twice initial estimates — Bruce Gartner, executive director of the Maryland Transportation Authority, said Monday.

The Baltimore County Public Library’s CEO announced Monday night that the system’s human resources director has departed in the wake of an uproar over the firing of part-time librarians, which was quickly rescinded.

The families of three Baltimore firefighters who died three years ago battling blazes in vacant rowhomes on Stricker Street said city officials have failed to act and largely pushed them aside, days after prosecutors charged a man in connection with the deaths.

A Lake Shore woman’s 911 call has become pivotal evidence for Anne Arundel County homicide detectives, who swiftly arrested a man in the shooting deaths of her and her husband Sunday.

A person died after being struck by a Metro SubwayLink train late Sunday, according to the Baltimore County Fire Department.

Melissa Tran’s six-month legal battle has highlighted the impacts of President Donald Trump’s immigration enforcement campaign on longtime residents and their families.

Anne Arundel County Police on Monday are activating speed cameras near several schools in South County.

Baltimore activist Clifford “Buzz” Grambo said, after confronting apparent ICE agents in Patterson Park, he was shoved several times.